‘Gifted learner dogs’ can learn words by eavesdropping, study says

Certain canines can learn using cues from people's gaze, gestures, attention and voices, researchers find

Whether it is a piece of food or a four-letter expletive, words can be learned by young children overhearing adults - but now researchers have found certain dogs can do something similar.

Scientists have discovered canines with the unusual ability to learn the names of myriad objects can pick up such labels by eavesdropping on conversations.